Historical information: Texts relating to the recordings in this collection have been published in William Bascom's 1980 book, titled "Sixteen Cowries: Yoruba Divination from Africa to the New World." Digitization for the recordings was supported by an NEH Preservation/Access grant.

Scope and content: Linguistic field recordings: linguistic data; songs, recitation of the divination system known as "sixteen cowries"

Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages

Preferred citation: Maranoro Salako, Berta Bascom, and William Bascom. The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings, LA 116, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10158

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba, LA 116.002, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21009

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (10), LA 116.010, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21017

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (11), LA 116.011, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21018

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (12), LA 116.012, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21019

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (13), LA 116.013, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21020

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (14), LA 116.014, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21021

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (15), LA 116.015, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21022

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (16), LA 116.016, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21023

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (17), LA 116.017, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21024

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (18) with songs, LA 116.018, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21025

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (19), LA 116.019, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21026

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (2), LA 116.001, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21008

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (20), LA 116.020, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21027

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (22), LA 116.021, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21028

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (23), LA 116.022, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21029

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (24), LA 116.023, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21030

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (25), LA 116.024, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21031

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (26), LA 116.025, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21032

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (27), LA 116.026, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21033

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (28) with a song, LA 116.027, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21034

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (29), LA 116.028, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21035

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (3) with songs, LA 116.003, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21010

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (4) with songs, LA 116.004, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21011

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (5), LA 116.005, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21012

Preferred citation: Talk in Yoruba (6), LA 116.006, in "The William and Berta Bascom Collection of Yoruba Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/21013